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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1959 Feb 19 p. 5 < | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1959 Feb 19 p. 5 | ||
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<font size="+2">'''Pioneer at Marion, So. Dakota Dies</font> | |||
Marion, S. D. — Funeral services were held at the Bethesda Mennonite Church near hear Feb. 7 for Mrs. Helena Engbrecht, 93, one of the few remaining pioneers to settle here in the 1870's. She died Feb. 4, having made her home with a daughter, Mrs. Albert Deuschle of Marion, the past 11 years. | |||
Mrs. Engbrecht, the former Helena Deckert, was born in Dorf Karolswalde, Russia, in 1865. She was a member of a Mennonite migrant group which spent the winter of 1874-75 at Newton, Kan. In the spring of 1875 the family came to this area and settled on the prairie. Her husband, Peter Engbrecht, died in 1935. | |||
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1959 Mar 12 p. 8 <br> | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1959 Mar 12 p. 8 <br> | ||
''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1959 Mar 17 p. 175 | ''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1959 Mar 17 p. 175 | ||
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | ||
[[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]] | [[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]] | ||
Revision as of 10:22, 27 February 2018
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Feb 19 p. 5
Birth date: 1865
text of obituary:
Pioneer at Marion, So. Dakota Dies
Marion, S. D. — Funeral services were held at the Bethesda Mennonite Church near hear Feb. 7 for Mrs. Helena Engbrecht, 93, one of the few remaining pioneers to settle here in the 1870's. She died Feb. 4, having made her home with a daughter, Mrs. Albert Deuschle of Marion, the past 11 years.
Mrs. Engbrecht, the former Helena Deckert, was born in Dorf Karolswalde, Russia, in 1865. She was a member of a Mennonite migrant group which spent the winter of 1874-75 at Newton, Kan. In the spring of 1875 the family came to this area and settled on the prairie. Her husband, Peter Engbrecht, died in 1935.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Mar 12 p. 8
The Mennonite obituary: 1959 Mar 17 p. 175